Admitting Quotes

176 quotes by 162 authors

The problem is one of opposition between subjective and objective points of view. There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before… — Thomas Nagel
First and foremost, be faithful to your superiors, keep all promises, refuse the friendship of all who are not like you; and if you have… — Confucius
Singing is a form of admitting that I'm alive. — Alfredo Kraus
For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat. — Jonathan Carroll
Wounded vanity knows when it is mortally hurt; and limps off the field, piteous, all disguises thrown away. But pride carries its banner to the… — Helen Hunt Jackson
Few things accelerate the peace process as much as humbly admitting our own wrongdoing and asking forgiveness. — Lee Strobel
Most photographers would feel a certain embarrassment in admitting publicly that they carried within them a sense of wonder, yet without it they would not… — Bill Brandt
Admitting weakness seems to be such a severe psychic threat for Bush that when he makes a mistake it's safer just to reinforce it. The… — Tina Brown
I like people admitting they were complete stupid horses' asses. I know I'll perform better if I rub my nose in my mistakes. This is… — Charlie Munger
A man can build a staunch reputation for honesty by admitting he was in error, especially when he gets caught at it. — Robert Ruark
Sometimes I think we keep secrets for the wrong reasons. If we could instead find that right person to talk to we might find that… — Frank Warren
I believe that the formation of the Chekas was one of the gravest and most impermissible errors that the Bolshevik leaders committed in 1918 when… — Victor Serge
We must begin by admitting that people and situations do not cause us to speak as we do. Our hearts control our words. People and… — Paul David Tripp
Admitting that it is the profession of our sex to teach, we perceive the mother to be first in point of precedence, in degree of… — Lydia Sigourney
The word "surrender" is often interpreted as giving up, as weakness, as admitting defeat. Although this is one way to use the word, we will… — David Deida
We receive God's grace by humbly admitting that we need it. — Rick Warren
If I was a poet, I had become one because poetry, more intensely than any other practice, could not evade its anachronism and marginality and… — Ben Lerner
Admitting errors clears the score and proves you wiser than before. — Arthur Guiterman
There should be no shame in admitting to a mistake; after all, we really are only admitting that we are now wiser than we once… — Greg McKeown
We must keep in mind that where the road is crooked, God makes it straight, and where our hearts are wounded, God makes us whole.… — Marianne Williamson

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